Chemistry Pryde Lecturer - Professor Sean Joseph Elliott '94; Boston University, Department of Chemistry, Molecular Biology, Cell Biology & Biochemistry, and Bioinformatics Programs..

Seminar Title: "Tripping the Metalloprotein Electric.”

The Elliott Group has multi-disciplinary interests that span redox enzymology, electrochemistry / electrocatalysis, microbiology and the use of spectroscopy to study redox active proteins and enzymes. We study a wide range of multi-electron redox enzymes containing multiple redox cofactors, using direct electrochemistry and electrochemical methodologies to bear upon problems in mechanistic enzymology and the development of protein-based electrodes. Areas of chemistry of interest to us include: long-range electron transfer achieved by multi-heme cytochromes, multi-electron reductions of nitrite and sulfite reduction, bacterial peroxidase activities, and CO2 reduction catalyzed by metalloproteins.